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TIL in 2018 a New York police officer was driving to work when she saw a boy jump 30 feet off of an overpass — she then made the same jump to save his life. "I just knew, when I looked down and saw him… he looked dead... I thought to myself, ‘He needs help. I need to help him.’"

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lob1a TIL Harrison Ford got his ear pierced at the popular preteen store, Claire’s Accessories. After the piercing he signed a notepad to the woman who pierced his ear: "To Tavora. You made a hole in me. Harrison Ford."
KYKx4 TIL all Hubble Telescope images are all false color – meaning they start out as black and white, and are then colored.
8p4X TIL Germany has a goal of producing 35% of electricity from renewable sources by 2020 and 100% by 2050
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OGa46 TIL that Robert Downey Jr. got a nomination at the Academy Awards for his role in Tropic Thunder